Bacteria used to fight sleeping sickness Scientists believe they have found a way to beat sleeping sickness using

g a bacterium against the tsetse fly host that spreads the disease to humans. In the same way that we have friendly bacteria in our intestines, the tsetse fly harbours bacteria in its midgut, muscle and salivary glands. Experts in Belgium have genetically modified these "good bugs" so they attack the culprit parasite carried by the fly. Sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasis, is a potentially fatal disease that plagues many regions of Africa. Although the number of people being infected with the disease has been going down thanks to better diagnosis and treatment, there were still more than 7,000 new cases recorded in 2010. 2010 7000 Without treatment, sleeping sickness is fatal. But current therapies often have unpleasant side-effects. And so scientists are seeking alternatives. The Belgium team at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp have focused on finding a way to destroy the sleeping sickness parasite - trypanosome - that the tsetse fly carries. They found bacteria called Sodalis glossinidius, which naturally live in the fly and can be used to mount an attack from the inside. Sodalis glossinidius Altering the genes of the bacteria led it to release fragments of antibodies known as nanobodies against the parasite. harbour Hes been harbouring a grudge against her ever since his promotion was refused.

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